Church History Resources Page

 Key Historical Figures and their Works:

• Athanasius (290-373):  Bio: Home Page:  , On the Incarnation 
• St. Augustine (354-430):  Bio. Home Page:  , The City of God.
• St. Benedict (480-547):  Bio , The Rule of St. Benedict.
• St. Bernard of Clairvaux  (1090?-1153): Bio:  On Loving God
• St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): Bio:  , "Summa Theologica" 
• Martin Luther (1483-1546): Bio, Home Page: , On Faith & Coming to Christ,  95 Theses., Selected Writings
• John Calvin (1509-1564): Bio, Home Page   Commentaries, Institutes of the Christian Religion
• John Owen:  Bio (1616-1683), Christologia, Home Page
• Jonathon Edwards (1703-1758): Bio, Home Page, "Sinners in the Hands..", Religious Affections, Treatise on Grace, Freedom of the Will. 
• George Whitefield : (1714-1770)  Method of Grace

Church History Websites:

• The Ecole Initiative: A hypertext encyclopedia of early church history on the www. This is an outstanding site
• CSBSJU's Church History Links:  
• The Hall of Church History: Phil Johnson's collection of links.
•   The Museum of Pilgrims: Excellent for sketches, drawings and original writings.
•   Creeds of Christendom,:  Michael Anderson's thorough and excellent listing.
•   Creeds, Confessions and Catechisms: Another of Phil Johnsons lists.
•   The Theology Library's Church History Page: A Roman Catholic perspective. 
•   Fire and Ice: Puritan and Reformed Sermons
• Christian History Magazine Online
• The Christian History Institute.
• The Christian History Institute's Glimpses Directory:  Excellent Short briefs on people and events in Christian History.
• Internet Medieval History Sourcebook.

Websites on Figures of Special Mention:

• Ulrich Zwingli

• Richard Baxter

• William Cowper and John Newton Museum

• Cotton Mather

• John Owen

• Thomas Watson

• Thomas Boston

• John Bunyon

• John Gill

• Thomas Manton

• Jonathon Edwards

• George Whitefield

• Asahel Nettleton

• Alexander Whyte

• C.H. Spurgeon

• A.W. Pink

• William Wilberforce

• Puritan Wisdom

• William Tyndale

• Frances Turretin

• William Ames

• Christopher Love

Original Historical Documents:

• The Christian Classics Ethereal Library: The best spot on the web for original historical documents with open copyright provisions.
• ICLnet's Guide to Early Church Documents. The Institute for Christian Leadership's listing of resources.
• The Early Church Fathers: 38 Volumes of the most important writings of the early Church.
• Reformation Ink.  A Site dedicated to making available the primary source documents of the Reformation.
• The Didache: The earliest known catechism of the Church.
• The American Colonist's Library.
• Naphtali Books: Articles and Book Extracts
• Christian History Magazine: 
• McCoy Theological Library: Links to some hard to find writings.
• Puritan Wisdon

 Recommended Reading:

• Confessions, St. Augustine

• The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a' Kempis

• The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, Philip Doddridge.

• Religious Affections, Jonathon Edwards.

• The Nature of True Virtue, Jonathon Edwards.

• A Heart of Flesh, Richard, Alleine

• God's Way of Peace, Horatius Bonar

• Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, John Bunyon.

• Uniformity with God's Will, St. Alphonsus

• The Necessity of Prayer, E.M. Bounds.

• Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton.

• A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, William Law

• Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales.

• Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius Loyola